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Reef Stonefish

Reference

IB1401

Category

Fishes

Family Name

Stonefishes/Stingerfishes - SYNANCEIIDAE

Common Name

Reef Stonefish

Scientific Name

Synanceia verrucosa

Artist Name

Roger Swainston

Notes

The Stonefishes, which can reach up to 60 cm in length, are particularly dangerous. All their spines have venom glands associated with them and the neurotoxin they can inject is one of the most dangerous known to humankind.

Source : Swainston’s Fishes of Australia

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